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Measles

Selected References: 

  • Atmar RL, et al. 1992. Complications of measles during pregnancy. Clin Infect Dis; 14(1):217-26.  
  • American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP). 2024. Red Book: 2024–2027 Report of the Committee on Infectious Diseases. Measles. pp 571 – 585. 
  • AAP. 2026. Red Book Online Outbreaks: Measles. Available at: https://publications.aap.org/redbook/resources/pdfDownload/15187. Accessed March 2026. 
  • Bloch AB, et al. 1985. Measles outbreak in a pediatric practice: airborne transmission in an office setting. Pediatrics; 75(4):676-83. 
  • Casalegno JS, et al. 2014. Measles in pregnancy in Lyon France, 2011. Int J Gynaecol Obstet; 126(3):248-51. 
  • Chen, W, et al. 2004. No evidence for links between autism, MMR, and measles virus. Psychol Med 34:543-553. 
  • Chiba ME, et al. 2003. Measles infection in pregnancy. J Infect; 47(1):40-4.  
  • Congera P, et al. 202. Measles in pregnant women: A systematic review of clinical outcomes and a meta-analysis of antibodies seroprevalence. J Infect; 80(2):152-160. 
  • Crecelius EM, Burnett MW. 2020. Measles (Rubeola): An Update. J Spec Oper Med; 20(2):136-138. 
  • Eberhart-Phillips JE, et al. 1993. Measles in pregnancy: a descriptive study of 58 cases. Obstet Gynecol; 82(5):797-801. 
  • Khalil A, et al. 2024. Pregnant women and measles: we need to be vigilant during outbreaks. EClinicalMedicine; 72:102594. 
  • Liang Q, et al. 2016. The influence of maternal exposure history to virus and medicine during pregnancy on congenital heart defects of fetus. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int; 24(6):5628-5632.  
  • Garg RK, et al. 2023. Obstetric outcomes in pregnant women with subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE): a systematic review of case reports and case series. Neurol Sci; 44(6):1959-1968.  
  • Jesperson CS, et al. 1977. Measles as a cause of fetal defects: a retrospective study of ten measles epidemics in Greenland. Acta Paediatr Scand; 66:367-78.  
  • Moss WJ. 2017. Measles. Lancet. 390(10111):2490-2502. 
  • Ogbuanu IU, et al. 2014. Maternal, fetal, and neonatal outcomes associated with measles during pregnancy: Namibia, 2009-2010. Clin Infect Dis; 58(8):1086-92.   
  • Rosa C. 1998. Rubella and rubeola. Semin Perinatol; 22(4):318-22.   
  • Siegel M, Fuerst HT. 1966. Low birth weight and maternal virus diseases. A prospective study of rubella, measles, mumps, chickenpox, and hepatitis. JAMA; 197(9):680-4.  
  • Signore C. 2001. Rubeola. Prim Care Update Ob Gyns; 8(4):138-140. 
  • Stein SJ, Greenspoon JS. 1991. Rubeola during pregnancy. Obstet Gynecol; 78(5 Pt 2):925-9.  
  • Stoneman EK. 2025. Measles. JAMA; doi: 10.1001/jama.2025.14210.  
  • The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (CDC) 2019. Measles (Rubeola). https://www.cdc.gov/measles/. Accessed March 2026. 
  • The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). 2021. Epidemiology and Prevention of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases, Chapter 13: Measles. Available at https://www.cdc.gov/pinkbook/hcp/table-of-contents/chapter-13-measles.html. Accessed March 2026. 
  • Vega JS, et al, CDC. 2014. Notes from the field: measles transmission at a domestic terminal gate in an international airport – United States, January 2014. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep; 63(50):1211.  

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